Handbag



Dec. 28, 1943. J. ZEITENBERG HANDBAG Filed Nov. 24; 1942 INVENTORATTORNEYS Patented Dec. 28, 1943 HANDBAG Jack Zeitenberg, Philadelphia,Pa... assignor to Atlantic Products Corporation, Trenton, N. J., acorporation of New Jersey Application November 24, 1942, Serial No.466,711

2 Claims. (01. 190-41) This invention relates to handbags andconstitutes an improvement on handbags of the type disclosed in CartPatent No. 2,024,758 dated December 17, 1935.

It is an object of the invention to provide improved closure means forsuch handbags.

A preferred embodiment of the invention selected for purposes ofillustration is shown in the accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the bag with the gusset or coverclosed.

Figure 2 is a similar view showing the gusset or cover opened.

Referring to the drawing, the bag comprises side members I and 2 and abottom member 3, which members may be made from a single piece ofmaterial or from a plurality of pieces of material stitched together.The side members have top edges 4 and end edges 5 and 6, the end edgespreferably merging into the top edge along rounded corners 1.

Closing the ends of the bag are a pair of end members 8 which aresecured to the edges of the side members I and 2 and are also secured tothe end edge of the bottom 3. The said end members 8 extend along therounded corners I and a short distance along the top edges of said sidemembers I and are then reversely folded along the line 9 to form a flapl6 at each end of the bag, the side edges of said flaps being secured tothe edges of the side members and the end edges I! of said flaps beingfree. A line of stitching I8 across each of said flaps and end membersforms a pocket therein for the reception of a strip In of stifieningmaterial, such as fiber, for example, which serves to space the topedges of the side members and to cause the bag to stand open for theconvenient insertion of articles.

Secured along the top edges of the side members l and 2 and overlappingthe flaps It to some extent are a pair of gusset members H and I2forming a closure for the top of the bag. The member II is somewhatshorter than the member I2 and its ends terminate short of the end edgesll of the flaps l6 while the ends of the member I2 terminatesubstantially flush with the end edges I1 of the flaps It. In closingthe bag the member ll lies under the member l2 and the ends of member I2 are provided with one part I3 of a snap fastener, the other matingpart l3 of which is secured to the flap I6. In closing the bag thefingers may be slipped under the flaps to facilitate closing of the snapfasteners and a neat and secure closure is efiected.

If desired the members II and I2 may be stiffened longitudinally bystrips I4 of suitable material, and handles I5 may be secured to theside members in any suitable manner.

It will be understood that the invention may be variously modified andembodied within the scope of the subjoined claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. A handbag having side members having top edges and end edges, endmembers secured to said side members along said end edges, said endmembers extending a short distance along said top edges and securedthereto to form short top members, flaps secured to and extending fromthe inner ends of said top members toward said end edges, exteriorly ofand overlapping said short top members, the side edges of said flapsbeing secured to said side members and the end edges of said flaps beingfree, gusset members secured to the top edges of said side members andoverlapping said flaps, one of said gusset members carrying one part ofa snap fastener adjacent each end, and the free ends of said flapscarrying the other mating parts of said snap fasteners.

2. A handbag having side members having top edges and end edges, endmembers secured to said side members along said end edges and a shortdistance along said top edges, said end members being reversely foldedto form flaps, the side ed es of said flaps being secured to said sidemembers and the end edges of said flaps being free, gusset memberssecured to the top edges of said side members and overlapping saidflaps, one of said gusset members being shorter than the other andterminating short of the end edges of said flaps, the longer gussetmember terminating substantially flush with the end edges of said flaps,the longer gusset member carrying one part of a snap fastener adjacenteach end, and said flaps carrying the other mating parts of said snapfasteners.

JACK ZEI'I'ENBERG.

